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t-mobile is getting aggressive with international plans I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update t-mobile is eliminating international roaming fees for data and text messages and it has simplified international calling rates charging a fixed price of 20 cents per minute when abroad this pricing change will take effect for current customers at the end of the month on October 31st here is the breakdown if you're a t-mobile customer with the simple choice plan and you travel outside the US calls are 20 cents a minute texting is unlimited data also unlimited but it's slower at 2g speeds and you can't tether if you need faster speed while t-mobile is happy to sell it to you as a speed pack that starts at $15 for one day of high-speed up to 100 megabytes now for customers that are in the US and call out to other countries there's a new $10 monthly talk and text plan texting is unlimited calls to landline phones are also unlimited for certain countries but if you call another mobile phone that's 20 cents a minute or less depending on the country with other carriers if you don't have an international plan and you use your phone in another country it's easy to rack up a bill in one day that's over $1,000 with team level there's no extra plan needed talking for a half hour cost you six dollars t-mobile also made aggressive moves this year by eliminating contracts in exchange for cheaper service plans and it added an early phone upgrade program other carriers followed by offering different flavors of these concepts so it's possible AT&T Verizon and Sprint may follow t-mobile by also changing international plans there's always a rumor or two floating around in the tech world and the latest is that the new Android 4.4 and Nexus 5 could launch next week on Tuesday the 15th the date comes from whispers at a Google launch pad event for startups and also on Tuesday at an event in Asia HTC is expected to unveil the one max it's the extra-large version of the one smart phone leaked specs indicate it'll sport a 5.9 inch screen and there are reports that it could have a fingerprint sensor and there's a new Fitbit health tracker wristband the Fitbit force this new model has a screen that shows readouts of your physical activity progress and it's also a watch you have to hit a side button to turn on the screen and scroll through the time and the data like your steps how well you're sleeping how many calories you're burning it's 130 dollars and you can read the full review now on CNET and you can find the link along with other details on these stories ad cnet.com slash for our Studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey